Male apron for receiving and storing excreted body fluids and associated method

ABSTRACT

A urine storing apron includes a flexible belt, a flexible apron coupled to the belt, a plurality of pouches attached to anterior and posterior sides of the apron, and a mechanism for storing the body fluid inside one of the pouches. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for simultaneously discharging air and the body fluid from the one pouch by rotationally articulating a portion of the simultaneous discharge mechanism about an axis registered orthogonal to an exiting travel path of the body fluid.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.60/902,910, filed Feb. 23, 2007, the entire disclosures of which areincorporated herein by reference.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

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REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field

This invention relates to excretion storage and, more particularly, to amale apron for receiving and storing excreted body fluids whileassisting a user to relieve himself from body fluids on-demand.

2. Prior Art

There are no acceptable bladder relief systems for incontinent adults.Urinary incontinence affects more than 13 million Americans in communityand institutional settings. Thirty-eight percent ofnon-institutionalized patients older than 60 years of age experiencedurinary incontinence, and almost 50 percent of institutionalizedpatients. The annual costs of bladder control problems in the UnitedStates for people older than 65 years of age was estimated at $26.3billion in 1995, or $3,565 per affected person. Many incontinent malesuse commercially available diapers, which cannot contain urine frommultiple urinations, and become heavy and uncomfortable when wet. Basedon the above mentioned needs, it would be advantageous to provide maleswho suffer from bladder control problems with a comfortable, privatemeans of relieving themselves when a restroom is not readily available.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,947,942 to Galjour discloses a colostomy bag belt whichutilizes: an inner comfort belt which holds a skin patch against thewearer's skin, the skin patch being connected to a connector forming aconduit through the comfort belt; an exterior belt which forms a pouchtherein and has a leak-proof safety pouch within the belt and has aconnector forming a conduit through the exterior belt and into thesafety pouch and which has a sealable opening through which as colostomybag can be inserted into the safety pouch and secured to the connector;a flexible intermediate connector which completes the conduit from theskin patch to the safety pouch; and a colostomy bag placed in the safetypouch and connected to the conduit to receive the waste which exits thestoma and passes through the conduit. Unfortunately, this prior artexample is not designed to accommodate the specific needs of a male.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,653,701 to Millman discloses a ostomy support belt whichincludes a main pocket for supporting the weight of a conventional pouchfor holding bodily drainages. A secondary pocket is provided on theinside of the ostomy support belt in which a support plate is insertedfor providing additional lateral support to the areas of the skin andabdomen surrounding the stoma and to increase adhesion where the pouchattaches to the skin surrounding the stoma and to prevent leakage, skinirritation, mounding, and herniation. A guard may be attached to theoutside of the belt at a location corresponding to the stoma to preventthe stoma from damage due to external forces. Unfortunately, this priorart example is not designed specifically to accommodate the needs of amale user.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,234,420 to Horton discloses an apparatus for supportinga drainage catheter collection chamber to a body portion of a patient ina comfortable, non-irritating manner including a sheet of soft fibermaterial having a loop portion formed on at least one edge thereof, atleast two tabs extending from corner portions of the loop portion, malesnap fastener portions affixed to the loop portion, and female snapfastener portions affixed to the tabs in such a manner that when thetabs are folded over the loop portion the male and female snap fastenerportions are in alignment to be engaged with each other. Unfortunately,this prior art example is not designed specifically to accommodate theneeds of a male user.

Accordingly, the present invention is disclosed in order to overcome theabove noted shortcomings. The urine storing apron is convenient and easyto use, lightweight yet durable in design, and designed for assisting auser to relieve himself from body fluids on-demand. The apparatus issimple to use, inexpensive, and designed for many years of repeated use.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing background, it is therefore an object of thepresent invention to provide an apparatus for assisting a user torelieve himself from body fluids on-demand. These and other objects,features, and advantages of the invention are provided by a urinestoring apron.

A urine storing apron includes a flexible belt, a flexible apron coupledto the belt and extending downwardly therefrom, and a plurality ofpouches effectively attached to anterior and posterior sides of theapron.

The apparatus further includes a mechanism for storing the body fluidinside one of the pouches. Such a body fluid storing mechanism includesa flexible sack seated within the one pouch and conveniently adaptablefor receiving and storing the body fluid therein. Such a flexible sackhas an open top end contiguously oriented with a top opening of the onepouch for receiving the body fluid therethrough, and further has an openbottom end disposed subjacent to a bottom-most end of the one pouch fordirecting the body fluid away from the one pouch. An upper portion ofthe sack houses the body fluid and is hidden inside of the one pouchsuch that the body fluid is not visible from an exterior of the onepouch while the open bottom end of the sack is visible from exterior ofthe one pouch.

The apparatus further includes a mechanism for simultaneouslydischarging air and the body fluid from the one pouch by rotationallyarticulating a portion of the simultaneous discharge mechanism about anaxis registered orthogonal to an exiting travel path of the body fluid.Such a simultaneous discharging mechanism advantageously includes abidirectional valve with a hollow chamber intermediately configuredbetween the open top and bottom ends of the sack. Such a chamber has acircular passageway formed therein, and the chamber further hasoppositely seated inlet and outlet ports wherein the inlet port is influid communication with the upper portion of the sack and the outletportion is in fluid communication with the open bottom end of the sackrespectively.

The simultaneous discharging mechanism further includes a drive shaftmedially housed at a center of the bidirectional valve and effectivelydisposed exterior of the passageway in such a manner that the driveshaft is equidistantly offset from an inner perimeter of the chamber. Adrum is concentrically attached directly to the drive shaft andjournaled thereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from the innerperimeter of the chamber, and a plurality of non-linear arms has opposedproximal and distal ends directly engaged with the drum and partiallyseated within the passageway respectively. A plurality of paddles isanchored to distal ends of the arms and contiguously brushes along amajor portion of an outer perimeter of the passageway. Also, a crankhandle is statically mated with the drum and configured in such a mannerthat an outer edge of the crank handle extends beyond said outerperimeter of said chamber to thereby uniformly articulate the drum alongclockwise and counter clockwise directions based upon a user input. Theoutlet port of the chamber is importantly located upstream of the openbottom end of the sack for effectively expelling the body fluiddownwardly towards a converging path prior to exiting the sack andthereby ensuring that the body fluid is effectively discharged. Such anarrangement between the outlet port and the open bottom end of the sackis critical for ensuring the body fluid is discharged along aconcentrated path and not a diverging path that will make it difficultto discharge the body fluid in space confined areas such as a toiletopening or a urinal, for example.

The paddles and the arms rotate in sync and thereby expel the air andthe body fluid along the clockwise and counter clockwise directions sothat the user can effectively discharge a residual quantity of the bodyfluid from the sack and reduce the likelihood of undesirable odor andcontamination over extended periods of time. Further, each of thepaddles are statically coupled to corresponding ones of the arms and areconveniently provided with curvilinear front and rear sides foreffectively forcing the air and the body fluid from the inlet port tothe outlet port while traveling along the passageway. The inlet andoutlet ports are diametrically offset from a center of the chamber suchthat the air and the body fluid travel approximately half-way along thepassageway after entering the inlet port and exiting through the outletport. Each of the paddles and the arms are coextensively shaped forevenly discharging the air and the body fluid along the chamber whileremaining spaced from the inlet and outlet ports respectively.

A method for assisting a user to collect and safely discharge bodyfluids on-demand includes the steps of: providing a flexible belt;providing a flexible apron coupled to the belt and extending downwardlytherefrom; providing a plurality of pouches attached to anterior andposterior sides of the apron; storing the body fluid inside one of thepouches; and simultaneously discharging air and the body fluid from theone pouch by providing and rotationally articulating a bidirectionalvalve about an axis registered orthogonal to an exiting travel path ofthe body fluid.

The method further includes the steps of: providing a flexible sackseated within the one pouch and adaptable for receiving and storing thebody fluid therein; and depositing the body fluid through an open topend contiguously oriented with a top opening of the one pouch.

The method further includes the steps of: providing a hollow chamberintermediately configured between the open top and bottom ends of thesack and having a circular passageway formed therein; and providinginlet and outlet ports in fluid communication with the upper portion ofthe sack and the bottom end of the sack respectively.

The method further includes the steps of: providing a drive shaftmedially housed at a center of the bidirectional valve by disposing thedrive shaft exterior of the passageway in such a manner that the driveshaft is equidistantly offset from an inner perimeter of the chamber;providing a drum concentrically attached directly to the drive shaft andjournaled thereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from the innerperimeter of the chamber; providing a plurality of non-linear arms withopposed proximal and distal ends directly engaged with the drum andpartially seated within the passageway respectively; providing aplurality of paddles anchored to distal ends of the arms andcontiguously brushing along a major portion of an outer perimeter of thepassageway; providing a crank handle statically mated with the drum andconfigured in such a manner that an outer edge of the crank handleextends beyond said outer perimeter of said chamber; uniformlyarticulating the drum along clockwise and counter clockwise directionsbased upon a user input; synchronously rotating the paddles and thearms; and effectively discharging a residual quantity of the body fluidfrom the sack and reducing the likelihood of undesirable odor andcontamination over extended periods of time by expelling the air and thebody fluid along the clockwise and counter clockwise directions.

The method further includes the steps of: maintaining each of thepaddles and the arms spaced from the inlet and outlet ports while thepaddles are abutting against the outer perimeter; and evenly dischargingthe air and the body fluid along the chamber.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the invention in order that the detailed description thereofthat follows may be better understood, and in order that the presentcontribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additionalfeatures of the invention that will be described hereinafter and whichwill form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

It is noted the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, especially thescientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiarwith patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from acursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure ofthe application. The abstract is neither intended to define theinvention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is itintended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

The novel features believed to be characteristic of this invention areset forth with particularity in the appended claims. The inventionitself, however, both as to its organization and method of operation,together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best beunderstood by reference to the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a urine storing apron, inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the urine storing apron, inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the urine storing apron, showingthe folding motion of the apron portion, in accordance with the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the urine storing apron, inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the simultaneous discharge mechanism, asseen in FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged, side and cross sectional view of the simultaneousdischarge mechanism, in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which a preferred embodimentof the invention is shown. This invention may, however, be embodied inmany different forms and should not be construed as limited to theembodiment set forth herein. Rather, this embodiment is provided so thatthis application will be thorough and complete, and will fully conveythe true scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Likenumbers refer to like elements throughout the figures.

The apparatus of this invention is referred to generally in FIGS. 1-6 bythe reference numeral 10 and is intended to protect a urine storingapron. It should be understood that the apparatus 10 may be used tostore many different types of excretions and should not be limited touse with storing only those types of excretions mentioned herein.

Referring initially to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, a urine storing apron 10includes a flexible belt 20, a flexible apron 21 coupled to the belt 20and extending downwardly therefrom, and a plurality of pouches 22attached to anterior and posterior sides 23, 24 of the apron 21.

Referring to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, the apparatus 10 further includes amechanism 25 for storing the body fluid inside one of the pouches 27.Such a body fluid storing mechanism 25 includes a flexible sack 26seated within the one pouch 27 and adaptable for receiving and storingthe body fluid therein. Such a flexible sack 26 has an open top end 28contiguously oriented with a top opening 29 of the one pouch 27 forreceiving the body fluid therethrough, and further has an open bottomend 30 disposed subjacent to a bottom-most end 31 of the one pouch 27for directing the body fluid away from the one pouch 27. An upperportion 32 of the sack 26 houses the body fluid and is hidden inside ofthe one pouch 27 which is essential such that the body fluid is notvisible from an exterior of the one pouch 27 while the open bottom end30 of the sack 26 is visible from exterior of the one pouch 27.

Referring again to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, the apparatus 10 further includes amechanism 33 for simultaneously discharging air and the body fluid fromthe one pouch 27 by rotationally articulating a portion of thesimultaneous discharge mechanism 33 about an axis registered orthogonalto an exiting travel path of the body fluid. Such a simultaneousdischarging mechanism 33 includes a bidirectional valve 34 with a hollowchamber 35 intermediately configured between the open top and bottomends 28, 30 of the sack 26. Such a chamber 35 has a circular passageway36 formed therein, and the chamber 35 further has oppositely seatedinlet and outlet ports 37, 38 wherein the inlet port 37 is in fluidcommunication with the upper portion 32 of the sack 26 and the outletportion 38 is in fluid communication with the open bottom end 30 of thesack 26 respectively.

The simultaneous discharging mechanism 33 further includes a drive shaft39 medially housed at a center of the bidirectional valve 34 anddisposed exterior of the passageway 36 in such a manner that the driveshaft 39 is equidistantly offset from an inner perimeter 50 of thechamber 35. A drum 40 is concentrically attached directly, without theuse of intervening elements, to the drive shaft 39 and journaledthereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from the inner perimeter 50of the chamber 35, and a plurality of non-linear arms 41 has opposedproximal and distal ends directly engaged, without the use ofintervening elements, with the drum 40 and partially seated within thepassageway 36 respectively. A plurality of paddles 44 is anchored todistal ends 43 of the arms 41 and contiguously brushes along a majorportion of an outer perimeter 51 of the passageway 36. Also, a crankhandle 45 is statically mated with the drum 40 and configured in such amanner that an outer edge of the crank handle 45 extends beyond saidouter perimeter of said chamber to thereby uniformly articulate the drum40 along clockwise and counter clockwise directions based upon a userinput. The outlet port of the chamber is importantly located upstream ofthe open bottom end of the sack for effectively expelling the body fluiddownwardly towards a converging path prior to exiting the sack andthereby ensuring that the body fluid is effectively discharged. Such anarrangement between the outlet port and the open bottom end of the sackis critical for ensuring the body fluid is discharged along aconcentrated path and not a diverging path that will make it difficultto discharge the body fluid in space confined areas such as a toiletopening or a urinal, for example.

The paddles 44 and the arms 41 rotate in sync and thereby expel the airand the body fluid along the clockwise and counter clockwise directionsso that the user can effectively discharge a residual quantity of thebody fluid from the sack 26 and reduce the likelihood of undesirableodor and contamination over extended periods of time. Further, each ofthe paddles 44 are statically coupled to corresponding ones of the arms41 and are provided with curvilinear front and rear sides foreffectively forcing the air and the body fluid from the inlet port tothe outlet port 37, 38 while traveling along the passageway. The inletand outlet ports 37, 38 are diametrically offset from a center of thechamber 35 which is important such that the air and the body fluidtravel approximately half-way along the passageway 36 after entering theinlet port 37 and exiting through the outlet port 38. Each of thepaddles 44 and the arms 41 are coextensively shaped for evenlydischarging the air and the body fluid along the chamber while remainingspaced from the inlet and outlet ports 37, 38 respectively.

The apparatus is preferably an apron just for men that is designed toserve as a urination receptacle. The apron may measure 26″ in length andwidth, as an example. The apron may be outfitted with 2 snap-bucklestraps, reinforced with strips of hook and loop fastener, for example,to facilitate security to the person. The apron is preferably equippedwith a handy plastic pouch, which serves to house urine should the needarise. This is accomplished via an integrally attached, condom-likeapparatus leading into the pouch. In addition, a handy drain valve ispositioned at the bottom of the pouch to facilitate emptying. A separatepouch may flank each side of this center unit and serves as storagespace for additional accessories. On the front panel of the apron, aconvenient zippered compartment may be offered as storage space forpersonal items, such as a wallet, keys, cell phone, and the like.

The present invention, as claimed, provides the unexpected andunpredictable benefit of an apparatus that is convenient and easy touse, is lightweight yet durable in design, and provides males who sufferfrom bladder control problems with a comfortable, private means ofrelieving themselves when a restroom is not readily available. Such anapparatus provides males with incontinence a simple and effective meansof relieving themselves as well as protection from accidents. An apronwith accessories that are preferably configured to fit the malegenitalia, this practical apparatus offers males a comfortable andsecure fit, eliminating the need to rely on products that areconditioned more for women. In this manner, men who suffer fromincontinence and similar conditions are able to go about their dailyroutines with confidence, ensured that the apparatus allows them toavoid the embarrassment of walking around in visibly stained clothing.While the apparatus is primarily for household consumers, it will alsobe a helpful tool for medical patient care. The present invention isinexpensive, simple to use, and comfortable for the user.

In use, a method for assisting a user to collect and safely dischargebody fluids on-demand includes the steps of: providing a flexible belt20; providing a flexible apron 21 coupled to the belt 20 and extendingdownwardly therefrom; providing a plurality of pouches 22 attached toanterior and posterior sides 23, 24 of the apron 21; storing the bodyfluid inside one of the pouches 27; and simultaneously discharging airand the body fluid from the one pouch 27 by providing and rotationallyarticulating a bidirectional valve 34 about an axis registeredorthogonal to an exiting travel path of the body fluid.

In use, the method further includes the steps of: providing a flexiblesack 26 seated within the one pouch 27 and adaptable for receiving andstoring the body fluid therein; and depositing the body fluid through anopen top end 28 contiguously oriented with a top opening of the onepouch 27.

In use, the method further includes the steps of: providing a hollowchamber 35 intermediately configured between the open top and bottomends 28, 30 of the sack 26 and having a circular passageway 36 formedtherein; and providing inlet and outlet ports 37, 38 in fluidcommunication with the upper portion 32 of the sack 26 and the bottomend 30 of the sack 26 respectively.

In use, the method further includes the steps of: providing a driveshaft 39 medially housed at a center of the bidirectional valve bydisposing the drive shaft 39 exterior of the passageway 36 in such amanner that the drive shaft 39 is equidistantly offset from an innerperimeter of the chamber 35; providing a drum 40 concentrically attacheddirectly, without the use of intervening elements, to the drive shaft 39and journaled thereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from the innerperimeter of the chamber 35; providing a plurality of non-linear arms 41with opposed proximal and distal ends directly engaged with the drum 40and partially seated within the passageway 36 respectively; providing aplurality of paddles 44 anchored to distal ends of the arms 41 andcontiguously brushing along a major portion of an outer perimeter of thepassageway 36; providing a crank handle 45 statically mated with thedrum 40 and configured in such a manner that an outer edge of the crankhandle 45 extends beyond said outer perimeter of said chamber 35;uniformly articulating the drum 40 along clockwise and counter clockwisedirections based upon a user input; synchronously rotating the paddles44 and the arms 41; and effectively discharging a residual quantity ofthe body fluid from the sack 26 and reducing the likelihood ofundesirable odor and contamination over extended periods of time byexpelling the air and the body fluid along the clockwise and counterclockwise directions.

In use, the method further includes the steps of: maintaining each ofthe paddles 44 and the arms 41 spaced from the inlet and outlet ports37, 38 while the paddles 44 are abutting against the outer perimeter;and evenly discharging the air and the body fluid along the chamber 35.

While the invention has been described with respect to a certainspecific embodiment, it will be appreciated that many modifications andchanges may be made by those skilled in the art without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. It is intended, therefore, by the appendedclaims to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within thetrue spirit and scope of the invention.

In particular, with respect to the above description, it is to berealized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of thepresent invention may include variations in size, materials, shape,form, function and manner of operation. The assembly and use of thepresent invention are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilledin the art.

1. A urine storing apron for assisting a user to relieve himself from body fluids on-demand, said urine storing apron comprising: a belt; an apron coupled to said belt; a plurality of pouches attached to said apron; means for storing the body fluid inside one of said pouches; and means for simultaneously discharging air and the body fluid from said one pouch by rotationally articulating a portion of said simultaneous discharge means about an axis registered orthogonal to an exiting travel path of the body fluid.
 2. The urine storing apron of claim 1, wherein said body fluid storing means comprises: a flexible sack seated within said one pouch and being adaptable for receiving and storing the body fluid therein, said flexible sack having an open top end contiguously oriented with a top opening of said one pouch for receiving the body fluid therethrough, said sack further having an open bottom end disposed subjacent to a bottom-most end of said one pouch for directing the body fluid away from said one pouch; wherein an upper portion of said sack houses the body fluid and is hidden inside of said one pouch such that the body fluid is not visible from an exterior of said one pouch while said open bottom end of said sack is visible from exterior of said one pouch.
 3. The urine storing apron of claim 2, wherein said simultaneous discharging means comprises: a bidirectional valve having a hollow chamber intermediately configured between said open top and bottom ends of said sack, said chamber having a circular passageway formed therein, said chamber further having oppositely seated inlet and outlet ports wherein said inlet port is in fluid communication with said upper portion of said sack and said outlet portion is in fluid communication with said open bottom end of said sack respectively.
 4. The urine storing apron of claim 3, wherein said simultaneous discharging means further comprises: a drive shaft medially housed at a center of said bidirectional valve and disposed exterior of said passageway in such a manner that said drive shaft is equidistantly offset from an inner perimeter of said chamber; a drum concentrically attached directly to said drive shaft and journaled thereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from said inner perimeter of said chamber; a plurality of non-linear arms having opposed proximal and distal ends directly engaged with said drum and seated within said passageway respectively; a plurality of paddles anchored to distal ends of said arms and contiguously brushing along a major portion of an outer perimeter of said passageway; and a crank handle mated with said drum and configured in such a manner that an outer edge of said crank handle extends beyond said outer perimeter of said chamber to thereby uniformly articulate said drum along clockwise and counter clockwise directions based upon a user input; wherein said paddles and said arms rotate in sync and thereby expel the air and the body fluid along the clockwise and counter clockwise directions so that the user can effectively discharge a residual quantity of the body fluid from said sack and reduce the likelihood of undesirable odor and contamination over extended periods of time.
 5. The urine storing apron of claim 4, wherein each of said paddles are statically coupled to corresponding ones of said arms and are provided with curvilinear front and rear sides for effectively forcing the air and the body fluid from said inlet port to said outlet port while traveling along said passageway.
 6. The urine storing apron of claim 3, wherein said inlet and outlet ports are diametrically offset from a center of said chamber such that the air and the body fluid travel approximately half-way along said passageway after entering said inlet port and exiting through said outlet port.
 7. The urine storing apron of claim 4, wherein each of said paddles and said arms are coextensively shaped for evenly discharging the air and the body fluid along said chamber while remaining spaced from said inlet and outlet ports respectively.
 8. A urine storing apron for assisting a user to relieve himself from body fluids on-demand, said urine storing apron comprising: a flexible belt; a flexible apron coupled to said belt and extending downwardly therefrom; a plurality of pouches attached to anterior and posterior sides of said apron; means for storing the body fluid inside one of said pouches; and means for simultaneously discharging air and the body fluid from said one pouch by rotationally articulating a portion of said simultaneous discharge means about an axis registered orthogonal to an exiting travel path of the body fluid.
 9. The urine storing apron of claim 8, wherein said body fluid storing means comprises: a flexible sack seated within said one pouch and being adaptable for receiving and storing the body fluid therein, said flexible sack having an open top end contiguously oriented with a top opening of said one pouch for receiving the body fluid therethrough, said sack further having an open bottom end disposed subjacent to a bottom-most end of said one pouch for directing the body fluid away from said one pouch; wherein an upper portion of said sack houses the body fluid and is hidden inside of said one pouch such that the body fluid is not visible from an exterior of said one pouch while said open bottom end of said sack is visible from exterior of said one pouch.
 10. The urine storing apron of claim 9, wherein said simultaneous discharging means comprises: a bidirectional valve having a hollow chamber intermediately configured between said open top and bottom ends of said sack, said chamber having a circular passageway formed therein, said chamber further having oppositely seated inlet and outlet ports wherein said inlet port is in fluid communication with said upper portion of said sack and said outlet portion is in fluid communication with said open bottom end of said sack respectively.
 11. The urine storing apron of claim 10, wherein said simultaneous discharging means further comprises: a drive shaft medially housed at a center of said bidirectional valve and disposed exterior of said passageway in such a manner that said drive shaft is equidistantly offset from an inner perimeter of said chamber; a drum concentrically attached directly to said drive shaft and journaled thereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from said inner perimeter of said chamber; a plurality of non-linear arms having opposed proximal and distal ends directly engaged with said drum and partially seated within said passageway respectively; a plurality of paddles anchored to distal ends of said arms and contiguously brushing along a major portion of an outer perimeter of said passageway; and a crank handle statically mated with said drum and configured in such a manner that an outer edge of said crank handle extends beyond said outer perimeter of said chamber to thereby uniformly articulate said drum along clockwise and counter clockwise directions based upon a user input; wherein said paddles and said arms rotate in sync and thereby expel the air and the body fluid along the clockwise and counter clockwise directions so that the user can effectively discharge a residual quantity of the body fluid from said sack and reduce the likelihood of undesirable odor and contamination over extended periods of time.
 12. The urine storing apron of claim 11, wherein each of said paddles are statically coupled to corresponding ones of said arms and are provided with curvilinear front and rear sides for effectively forcing the air and the body fluid from said inlet port to said outlet port while traveling along said passageway.
 13. The urine storing apron of claim 10, wherein said inlet and outlet ports are diametrically offset from a center of said chamber such that the air and the body fluid travel approximately half-way along said passageway after entering said inlet port and exiting through said outlet port, said outlet port of said chamber being located upstream of said open bottom end of said sack for expelling the body fluid downwardly towards a converging path prior to exiting said sack and thereby ensuring that the body fluid is effectively discharged.
 14. The urine storing apron of claim 11, wherein each of said paddles and said arms are coextensively shaped for evenly discharging the air and the body fluid along said chamber while remaining spaced from said inlet and outlet ports respectively.
 15. A method for assisting a user to collect and safely discharge body fluids on-demand, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a flexible belt; b. providing a flexible apron coupled to said belt and extending downwardly therefrom; c. providing a plurality of pouches attached to anterior and posterior sides of said apron; d. storing the body fluid inside one of said pouches; and e. simultaneously discharging air and the body fluid from said one pouch by providing and rotationally articulating a bidirectional valve about an axis registered orthogonal to an exiting travel path of the body fluid.
 16. The method of claim 15, wherein step d. comprises the steps of: providing a flexible sack seated within said one pouch and being adaptable for receiving and storing the body fluid therein; and depositing the body fluid through an open top end contiguously oriented with a top opening of said one pouch.
 17. The method of claim 16, wherein step e. comprises the steps of: providing a hollow chamber intermediately configured between said open top and bottom ends of said sack and having a circular passageway formed therein; and providing inlet and outlet ports in fluid communication with said upper portion of said sack and said a bottom end of said sack respectively.
 18. The method of claim 17, wherein step e. comprises the steps of: providing a drive shaft medially housed at a center of said bidirectional valve by disposing said drive shaft exterior of said passageway in such a manner that said drive shaft is equidistantly offset from an inner perimeter of said chamber; providing a drum concentrically attached directly to said drive shaft and journaled thereabout while remaining spaced inwardly from said inner perimeter of said chamber; providing a plurality of non-linear arms having opposed proximal and distal ends directly engaged with said drum and seated within said passageway respectively; providing a plurality of paddles anchored to distal ends of said arms and contiguously brushing along a major portion of an outer perimeter of said passageway; providing a crank handle mated with said drum and configured in such a manner that an outer edge of said crank handle extends beyond said outer perimeter of said chamber; uniformly articulating said drum along clockwise and counter clockwise directions based upon a user input; synchronously rotating said paddles and said arms; and effectively discharging a residual quantity of the body fluid from said sack and reducing the likelihood of undesirable odor and contamination over extended periods of time by expelling the air and the body fluid along the clockwise and counter clockwise directions.
 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of: maintaining each of said paddles and said arms spaced from said inlet and outlet ports while said paddles are abutting against the outer perimeter; and evenly discharging the air and the body fluid along said chamber. 